Spatial working memory performance after high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left and right posterior parietal cortex in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-70

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a   D'Alfonso, Alfredo A L ^a   Postma, Albert ^a   De Haan, Edward H F ^a  

^a Department of Psychonomics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Coordinate processing; Encoding; Lateralization; Posterior parietal cortex; Spatial working memory; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034674674     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01146-0     Document Type: Article

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